Daniels has torn right bicep

Phillip Daniels tore his right bicep on Carolina’s final drive. However, the 36-year-old defensive end, who missed all of 2008 with two torn knee ligaments and contemplated retirement, plans to keep playing.

“I can play with this,” Daniels said. “It’s not like a torn triceps [the injury which ended offensive tackle Chris Samuels’ 2008 season last December and guard Randy Thomas’ 2009 season in Week 2]. It only limits me doing a couple of things like turning my wrist.”

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David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles ...